By Patrick Markey BOGOTA (Reuters) - Colombia extradited 14 former paramilitary leaders to the United States on Tuesday to face drug-trafficking and other charges after authorities said the warlords violated terms of a peace deal with the government. The mass extradition came as President Alvaro...
BOGOTA/PARIS (Reuters) - Colombia showed a video on Friday of the rescue of Ingrid Betancourt and 14 other hostages where their anger turned to ecstasy as theatre-trained military agents duped and overpowered leftist rebels.
The likely new host for the U.S. base is Colombia's Palanquero air force base in Puerto Salgar, 120 miles north of Bogota. by Teo Ballvé An article by the Colombian weekly magazine Cambio suggests the U.S. military base in...
CARTAGENA, Colombia, July 2 — Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) spoke repeatedly Tuesday and early Wednesday about how he would work as president to free three American hostages held by leftist guerrillas in Colombia, but he declined...
Leaders of the Colombian FARC rebel movement were paid millions of dollars to free Colombian politician Ingrid Betancourt and 14 other hostages, Swiss radio said Friday, quoting "a reliable source." The 15 hostages released on...
